This is my copper plate after I painted out my edges and elephant with asphaltum. The plate was ready to start it's aquatint. I took it down to the spray booth and turned on the vents and sprayed out the center most portion of the composition like so:
I placed my plate in the acid bath and I mistakingly left it in for about 9 hours. I went home to finish some laundry and found myself laying down. I kept telling myself that I'd wake up in an hour or so to take my copperplate out. That obviously did not happen. I woke up at exactly 2 in the morning and that is the exact time the printmaking labs close. The acid ate away at the open areas hard.
I'm kind of happy it happened though.
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